John Taylor (bishop of Sodor and Man)
John Ralph Strickland Taylor[1] (13 December 1883 – 13 December 1961) was Bishop of Sodor and Man[2] from 1942 to 1954.[3]
Early life, family and education
Taylor was born on 13 December 1883 and educated at Marlborough and Pembroke College, Cambridge, and trained for the ministry at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. His father, John Charles, was also a priest who served as Vicar of Harmondsworth.[4]
He married Margaret Barrett in 1913, and they had two sons and two daughters: one daughter, Leila Margaret, was born in 1920; and one son John Vernon was also a priest, later becoming Bishop of Winchester.[5]
Ministry
Taylor was made a deacon on Trinity Sunday (22 May) 1910[6] and ordained a priest the next Trinity (11 June 1911) — both times by Frederic Chase, Bishop of Ely, at Ely Cathedral.[7] He served as Chaplain, Tutor and then Vice-Principal at Ridley Hall (1913–17)[8] until he became a temporary chaplain to the Forces,[5] then Chaplain of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich[9] for 18 months.[5] From 1918 until 1928 he was Headmaster of St Lawrence College, Ramsgate; then Rector of Hodnet[10] with Weston-under-Redcastle (1928–32;[8] for the two years, he was also Rural Dean)[5] then Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford[11] — a post he held until his appointment to be a bishop.[12] He was also, alongside his main appointments, an Examining Chaplain to: Bertram Pollock, Bishop of Norwich (1911–42); Edward Burroughs and Geoffrey Lunt, Bishops of Ripon (1932–42); and John Kempthorne and Edward Woods, Bishops of Lichfield (1935–42); an honorary canon of Norwich Cathedral (1938–42); and President of the London College of Divinity from 1945 onwards.[5]
He was consecrated a bishop at York Minster on the Feast of the Epiphany (6 January) 1943,[13] having presumably been elected and confirmed during late 1942. He resigned his See at the end of October 1954.[14] He died on 13 December 1961,[15] at his home in Pembury, Kent.[8]
References
- ^ NPG details
- ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives[permanent dead link]
- ^ Feegans Archived 2009-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ a b c d e Taylor. "Taylor, John Ralph Strickland". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2007 (1 December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black.
{{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter|accessed=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|othernames=ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) - ^ "Trinity ordinations". Church Times. No. 2470. 27 May 1910. p. 713. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 29 June 2018 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Ordinations on Trinity Sunday". Church Times. No. 2525. 16 June 1911. p. 842. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 29 June 2018 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ a b c "In Memoriam: Bishop J. R. S. Taylor". Church Times. No. 5158. 22 December 1961. p. 13. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 29 June 2018 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ London Gazette
- ^ National Archives
- ^ Ecclesiastical News New Principal Of Wycliffe Hall The Times, Saturday 30 July 1932; p. 13; Issue 46199; col. G.
- ^ Ecclesiastical News New Bishop Of Sodor And Man The Times, Tuesday 21 September 1954; p. 10; Issue 53042; col. C.
- ^ "Personal". Church Times. No. 4171. 1 January 1943. p. 8. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 29 June 2018 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Bishop of Sodor and Man's retirement". Church Times. No. 4766. 11 June 1954. p. 456. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 29 June 2018 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ Obituary Rt. Rev. J. R. S. Taylor Former Bishop Of Sodor And Man The Times, Friday 15 December 1961; p. 15; Issue 55265; col. A.
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